Re: Installing Gnome2, how?

2002-10-31 Thread Colin Walters
On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 01:33, Magnus Therning wrote: > I want to install Gnome2! I understand it's supposed to have hit > unstable as of last Sunday, but I don't seem to be able to install it. I > am running a stable/testing system, but with Sid pinned to 50. > > The usual command line doesn't seem

Re: `gnome-approved' dark-background theme for gnome 2?

2002-10-29 Thread Colin Walters
[ Not sure if you're on -user or -gtk-gnome, so I'll CC you ] On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 22:14, Miles Bader wrote: > Gnome 2.0 has hit unstable, and all my carefully crafted settings blew > up (it mumbled something about converting them, but the conversion > failed; it'd be nice if it told you why...)

Re: are you a high-profile Debian user?

2002-09-23 Thread Colin Walters
On Sun, 2002-09-22 at 00:26, Colin Walters wrote: > As the subject says, I'm interested in gathering information about > high-profile uses of Debian. Thanks to everyone who replied to this so far! I've put the first batch of submissions up here: http://www.debian.org/users/

are you a high-profile Debian user?

2002-09-21 Thread Colin Walters
[ Mistyped the address for this list originally ] Hello all, As the subject says, I'm interested in gathering information about high-profile uses of Debian. Here, "high-profile" basically means something other a small home/office use; usually at an organization, corproration, or government. Go

Re: Emacs: Memory exhausted

2001-08-07 Thread Colin Walters
zolia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am getting message (Memory exhausted--M-x..for recovery..) when > starting emacs (20.7-3) on woody. Are you sure you aren't actually out of memory? How much memory do you have on that machine? Also, do you have any limits set on memory usage for that user?

Re: Email client and conversion from Netscape Mail on win32

2001-03-10 Thread Colin Walters
Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Colin Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 20010309 10:25 +0100: > > Gnus 5.8 has the "nnmbox" backend, so which I assume reads and writes > > mbox files. > > Theoretically yes. But it doesn't work with

Re: Email client and conversion from Netscape Mail on win32

2001-03-09 Thread Colin Walters
Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Could you perhaps tell how to make Gnus use mbox format by default? > (serious question of course) Gnus 5.8 has the "nnmbox" backend, so which I assume reads and writes mbox files. Using nnml is a lot nicer though. I hear mutt even groks nnml folders n

Re: lp port problems (again)

2000-02-12 Thread Colin Walters
lp i get the error: Cameron> lp: Driver configured but no interfaces found If you're running kernel 2.2, make sure you load the module parport_pc. -- Colin Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://web.verbum.org/levanti (1024D/C207843A) A580 5AA1 0887 2032 7EFB 19F4 9776 6282 C207 843A

Re: Newbie Lookin' for Libraries

2000-02-08 Thread Colin Walters
X client as root when the X session is run by a user?" Lane> Not a library question, but a couple of times, alien has Lane> reported, "822-date did not return a valid result." However, Lane> the process seemed to be successful. Is there a problem? Don't use

Re: Permission Needed to Use ttyS1?

2000-02-08 Thread Colin Walters
ly need to add your regular user to group 'dialout'. If you log in as 'foo', try 'usermod -G dialout foo'. Then log out and log back in. -- Colin Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://web.verbum.org/levanti (1024D/C207843A) A580 5AA1 0887 2032 7EFB 19F4 9776 6282 C207 843A

Re: A file on my disc does not want to go out

2000-02-07 Thread Colin Walters
thing like: i--- cache368855AF0061069.gif Then the immutable flag is set. You need to do 'chattr -i cache368855AF0061069.gif'. Hope this helps, -- Colin Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://web.verbum.org/levanti (1024D/C207843A) A580 5AA1 0887 2032 7EFB 19F4 9776 6282 C207 843A